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Why might it be difficult to prosecute a citizen who violates its laws outside its borders, when the offence is not illegal in the country he or she is visiting?

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Anyone who commits a crime outside their country will be punished according to the local law of the receiving country. This has happened before for other Americans, some of whom made international headlines because of the crimes they were accused of. I think

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